Fred Smith in 1973.
Credit: FedEx
The two photos show the same man 50 years apart. In the first, taken in 1973, Fred Smith stands behind the wing of one of his Dassault Falcon 20 business jets, leisurely resting his arm on the retracted flaps. In the other, he stands at the top of the stairs to Door 2 of one of his Boeing 777Fs...
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